Cooper Update (I'm sure it will be long)

He is ADORABLE.
I will say, that when Drs talk about "should speak x# of words" by a certain age, it doesn't really apply to babies that are doing baby sign. Signs are words too! My BFF taught both her kids sign, they were able to comminicate when they were too young to really say the words. It really kept down frustration and worked.
Also, as far as weight gain, yeah, don't force weight gain. At one point, my son was in the FOURTH percentile. 4! He was growing and thriving normally, just a skinny toddler/baby. Always cross check the weight WITH the height. Remember there has to be a baby in the 4% to have a baby in the 96%. it is a bell curve!!! No reason to force food down their throats, if they are hungry they will eat. I had a friend who's baby was "only" in the 30th percentile, I used to watch her literally chase her child around the living room shoving pieces of chicken the toddlers mouth and with her baby she'd feed it spoons of food till it CRIED! Nothing was wrong with those kids..

Thanks!

Sometimes I feel like I should chase him around... today he ate about 15 grapes, one bite of cheese, 5 bites of a peanut butter sandwich and 4 bites of bannana - oh and a few Cheez-Its.  THAT's IT.

I made him eggs w/ veggies and cheese for breakfast - nope.  I made him chicken with rice and veggis for lunch - nope.  (grapes were at lunch too).  The peanut butter and bannana were after-nap snack.  He didn't want dinner. 

I don't know what else to do....  he's growing height wise just not gaining weight. 

Oh well... so far I am not too worried.  He's not losing weight! 

Thanks for the reassurance.

Cindy

Yeah, sounds like my son when he was that age. really. All good food. he got taller and never got wider. All good food, the boy is fine!

Cooper is still so handsome!  If I'm not mistaken, it was Cooper that liked to flip the bird in his pics, right? (so cute!)  He has such a mischievous look in his eyes, which I adore :)

I'm very sorry to hear about your husband.  I sincerely hope he gets his transplant soon, I can't imagine how hard it must be to live without kidneys.  For him AND you. 

Yes!  Cooper always stuck up his middle finger.  It started slowing down around 9 months when he was pointing with his index finger at everything.  LOL. 

I have a couple dozen between birth and then of him, though!  Funny stuff. 

I appreciate your thoughts and good will towards my husband!

Cindy

He's adorable! My first baby didn't wal****il about 14 1/2 months too and it didn't take her long after that to be pretty steady. I think they're just being cautious lol.
Sorry to hear about your husband, I hope they get a kidney soon for him.

Thank you!   I really thought he'd take longer and told my husband the day before he just got up and walked... I guess he heard me and wanted to prove me wrong.

Oh well - I hope the talking is like the walking and one day he'll just start quoting Shakespeare! 

Take Care,

Cindy

Yea! i am so happy to see an update from you! I always enjoyed your posts, and your pics of Cooper. He really is a handsome little thing ... love it! You know, our new pediatrician is a little concerned about Lyd's speech too, but as a PP mentioned, babies who sign are really not to be measured by the traditional standards. She's 18 months now and only says about 4 words (most of which are animal sounds - lol) but she signs a lot. She signs 5 word sentences, even. I'm not concerned, and I don't htink you should be either ... I'm sure hes a genius! ;)

The pedi we saw at 12 months said that signs count as words... and she wasn't worried. 

But the one at 15 months was concerned and 18 months even more so (because they said he should be saying 2-3 word sentences - and he's not saying or signing them)

I might get him evaluated, because it's free, but I don't suspect they'll find him "30% delayed" which would qualify for therapy.  So I'm not too worried.

Some people do say late talkers are smarter... so here's to our geniuses!

I can't believe Lydia is 18 months already!  Wow...

Cindy

My daughter was 23 pounds from 9 to 18 months and she was and is fine!  Cooper looks perfectly healthy and beautiful.  Don't worry!